La Reliure, Poème didactique en Six Chants

LESNÉ, Mathurin Marie

Beschreibung

3 p.l., 382 pp. (pp. 377-78 misbound), one leaf. 8vo, cont. polished green calf, signed at foot of spine "Relié par l Auteur," double gilt fillet frame round sides, floral devices in each corner, spine richly gilt, rose colored endpapers, a.e.g. Paris: chez l Auteur, J. Renouard, 1827. Second edition, one of 125 copies printed on "vélin grand-raisin" (this copy numbered in gold "39"), of an extraordinary bookbinding craft manual in the form of a long poem in heroic couplets, with extensive historical and technical notes in prose. Several additional texts appear in this edition, including Lettre d un Relieur français à un bibliographe anglais, Epître à Thouvenin, and Epître à Simier père. Lesné (1777-1841), was himself an amateur binder of considerable merit, but his fame rests on this vigorous defense of French binding against Dibdin s criticisms. A very fine copy which was displayed at the exhibition Relieurs et Reliures décorées en France à l Époque romantique (Brussels: 1995), no. 128 with illustration. Bookplate of Michel Wittock. ? Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, pp. 12-13. Culot, Le Décor néo-classique, pp. 131-32 (no. 6). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6100

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Titel: La Reliure, Poème didactique en Six Chants

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers